Word: concepting
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...immediate crafting of the sojourn had been equally painstaking and personal, a powerful three-part pilgrimage recapitulating the very development of the Christian concept of God. It began officially on Feb. 24, when, denied entrance by Iraq, John Paul made a "virtual pilgrimage" (using props and videotape) to the city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, with whom God made his first covenant. The journey continued with the Pope's visit to the mountain in Egypt thought by many to be Mount Sinai, atop which the Lord presented Moses with...
...rode one of the two daily Acela Regional trains Amtrak launched Jan. 31 as a rescue plan for beleaguered travelers along the busy Northeastern corridor. The concept--fast, comfortable rail service on this heavily trafficked route--is long overdue. But it's not quite there...
...certainly looks fatal to the industry's current business model. Sure, free music has long been available to listeners: it's called radio, and a few people have made a few bucks from the medium. But the crucial difference comes down to a business-school concept known as option value. One of the reasons you are--or were--willing to pay $17 for a CD is that you can listen to it whenever you want, as many times as you want. With radio, you don't pay a cent but you don't have any choice of when your favorite...
Ultimately, both Hawkins and Davis, enamored with the concept of a third political party, have come away unfulfilled...
...company illustrates the promise and pitfalls more clearly than Edison (1999 revenues: $133 million), the leading manager of for-profit schools, which pioneered the concept of for-profits in the early 1990s. Edison has since lost about $160 million while opening 79 schools with 38,000 students in 19 states. But parents are clamoring for its product. Last week the company signed deals to open a pair of schools this fall in Rochester, N.Y., and Milwaukee, Wis., and won a five-year contract to manage two schools in North Carolina...